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RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL<br />
INTERVIEW MSGR. PAUL RUSSELL<br />
7. Can you tell me more about these educational exchanges<br />
Last summer, about <strong>20</strong> students from Taiwan went to Rome for a twoweek<br />
program at the pontifical Gregorian University. In the last year,<br />
three pontifical universities in Rome signed cooperation agreements with<br />
three different universities in Taiwan. This opens the way for academic<br />
cooperation and educational exchanges of professors and students. It<br />
is something at the beginning. I hope it is something that will grow.<br />
When students travel and study in a different cultural context, in a<br />
different language, they bring something and they take something away.<br />
Student exchanges bring greater understanding among peoples. Greater<br />
understanding promotes peace and harmonious relationships among nations.<br />
It is something very positive.<br />
8. What do you hope to achieve during your tenure in Taiwan<br />
The primary role of the pope’s representative in a country is to support<br />
and strengthen the bonds between the pope and the local Church. This<br />
connection between the pope and the church in a country is something<br />
essential to the Church. Without it, we can’t talk about a Catholic Church.<br />
In addition, the Church in Taiwan has its contribution to make to the worldwide<br />
Church. In particular, there are several ways that the Church in<br />
Taiwan can help the Church in China. The Church in China needs healing<br />
and reconciliation. Moreover, the training of its religious personnel is a<br />
very serious concern of the Holy See. There are several things the Church<br />
in Taiwan can do to help, and in helping the Church in China, the Church in<br />
Taiwan also helps itself. There is the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi: “it is<br />
in giving that we receive.” It is a win-win situation.<br />
I already mentioned the news reports concerning the Republic of China’s<br />
intention to recognize the academic degrees granted by the pontifical<br />
universities in Rome. I hope this can happen very soon. There are<br />
other pontifical universities in other places in the world. I hope that the<br />
government will also recognize the degrees from these universities.<br />
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